monitor question 60MHz 100MHz 120Mhz

umboma · 28 Mar 2012 at 13:02

Hello,

I've got a Samsung TV 32" I use for my PC and I got to admit it looks fantastic, The TV is 100Hz but on PC I can only achieve 60Hz,

If I buy a 120Hz monitor am I really going to notice a huge difference, Any personal experiance on this?

Or is there away for me to get 100Hz out of the TV as it's capable of doing it?

Many thanks

Engram · 28 Mar 2012 at 13:09

Sorry to be a pedant, but refresh rates are measured in Hz (hertz) not MHz (megahertz).

umboma · 28 Mar 2012 at 13:11

Engram said:
Sorry to be a pedant, but refresh rates are measured in Hz (hertz) not MHz (megahertz).

noted, and changed

was playing about with my CPU this morning lol Can a mod just change the title to reflect this also plz

cmndr_andi · 28 Mar 2012 at 13:15

Hi there,

Unfortunately, the way TVs currently use refresh rates higher than 60Hz is to insert extra frames into a video to make the motion of a 60Hz/50Hz/30Hz/24Hz input video seem smoother. This is called motion interpolation, and is quite different from what 120Hz PC monitors do (even though the LCD panels may be similar) -therefore there is no way to get a modern 100Hz+ TV to accept and properly display a true 100Hz input signal from a PC.

In contrast, 120Hz monitors have been around for a long time (including with CRTs) and these accept a 120Hz refresh rate video signal from a PC and display it properly on the screen (there is no interpolation or guessing here). This means that fast-paced games usually feel much smoother on a good 120Hz monitor compared to a 60Hz monitor.

If you don't mainly play games that are very fast-paced then you may want to consider sticking with what you have (or invest in a nice IPS panel monitor) instead of going for a 120Hz monitor.